#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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133 participants (790 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

For readers who'd like to stretch themselves with a numeric goal of reading more Asian authors, this challenge is for you! (For those who would like 9 prompts to diversify their reading of Asian authors, look up the #ReadAsianAuthors2025 challenge). 

Challenge Books

All books added
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes by Hisashi Kashiwai

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes

The Kamogawa Food Detectives #2

Hisashi Kashiwai

208 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction literary mystery emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
You Started It by Jackie Khalilieh

You Started It

Jackie Khalilieh

320 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Chemistry by Weike Wang

Chemistry

Weike Wang

224 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

The Prince and the Dressmaker

Jen Wang

277 pages • digital • 2018

fiction graphic novel historical lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Lunar Boy by Jes Wibowo, Cin Wibowo

Lunar Boy

Jes Wibowo, Cin Wibowo

240 pages • digital • 2024

fiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ middle grade science fiction emotional hopeful medium-paced
Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev

Incense and Sensibility

The Rajes #3

Sonali Dev

400 pages • digital • 2021

fiction contemporary romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Sucker Punch: Essays by Scaachi Koul

Sucker Punch: Essays

Scaachi Koul

272 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction essays memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other by Viet Thanh Nguyen

To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other

Viet Thanh Nguyen

144 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction sociology medium-paced
My Heart of Rice: A Poetic Filipino American Experience by Ashley C. Lanuza

My Heart of Rice: A Poetic Filipino American Experience

Ashley C. Lanuza

178 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

Siren Queen

Nghi Vo

282 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ magical realism dark mysterious medium-paced